GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |